Luang Prabang, last stop in Laos

We arrived to Luang Prabang with high expectations because it will be our last stop in Laos. It was the perfect end, with an amazing waterfall and a (comercial) movie scene with monks.

Some friends talked us about Kouang Si. A 30 meters high waterfall, which you can reach by walking through some pools of the most crystal water you can imagine and you can even swim. We have no words to describe these waterfalls, so you can see them by yourself in the pics below.

In the same park, you can visit a recovery centre of Asian Bears, where they are taken care after being taken from circus. This is a good break from a life of hard labour and abuse.

Finally, the movie scene, is the monk’s ritual of collecting donations. It happens every morning about 6am. In Buddhism is good to make merit in this life to be able to incarnate in a higher level. One of the merits you can do is feed the monks. So every morning there is people waiting in line for the monks to approach with their bowls. This activity has become very touristy, you can see women selling the “ready-to-give-set” so you can offer your donation. It has lost the spirit of doing merit.